alex wagner by the way on weekdays at noon. good to see you. >> good to see all of you guys. >> you ready to chat? >> i'm always ready to chat, especially with you gays. >> a good topic with you since you cover politics every day on your show. we're discussing whether or not having a celebrity endorsement helps in politics, whether the star power helps the candidates. we, of course, often see celebrities voicing their opinions, eva longoria, an official co-chair of the obama campaign in an ad with scar lle johansson and morgan freeman has an obama ad, george clooby. the president has a lot of celebrities. >> bruce supreme court steen campaigning with billy bulger. >> the youth vote is very important for the president. it's an at-risk vote, a lot of people not feeling the love in the 18 to 25-year-old so having folks like scarlett johansson and jay-z has a lot of street credit with the youth. that's a strategic call, right, and eva longoria, great as an ambassador to the latina hispanic community. >> is there a turnoff for indep